Rapid City
South Dakota municipality
Rapid City is a city in western South Dakota, the second-largest in the state and the gateway to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore.
It serves as a regional hub for tourism, military operations at nearby Ellsworth Air Force Base, and commerce: We stopped in Rapid City on our way to the monument.
- Mount RushmoreCarved presidential memorial
- wild westUnregulated, lawless environment
- Black HillsForested Dakota mountains
- bisonLarge wild ox
- open rangeUnfenced public grazing land
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